In the early stage of development, the Volkswagen Group asked its designers to submit proposals for the Chiron and Selipanov’s design was the one that was picked. He then joined the small design team lead by Bugatti design boss Achim Anscheidt to work on the Chiron, though senior management requested the radical design be toned down a little.

It also turns out that the team originally designed the car to be devoid of side mirrors to aid aerodynamics. Unfortunately the proposed camera-based replacements still aren't allowed on production cars, although that may soon change.

Deliveries of the Chiron are scheduled to start this year. Production will be capped at 500 units and the starting price on one of these beauties is a cool €2.4 million (approximately $2.6 million). An attempt on the Bugatti Veyron Super Sport's 267.8 mph production car land speed record won’t happen until 2018, though.